Refrigerator-wagon



(No Model.)

J; T. GURNEY. Refrigerator Wagon.

No. 242,125. I Patented May 31', i881. 1 2 .1

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J. THEODORE GURNEY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

REFRIGERATOR-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,125, dated May 31, 1881. Application filed March 30, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J. THEODORE GURNEY, of Boston, Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Refrigerator-Wagon, of which the following is a specification, reference being made to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to the construction of a refrigerator-wagon which is adapted for use by butchers and others who desire to transport and deliver to customers various articles, which, for their safety, and for the convenience of the carrier, require to be kept at a temperature below that of the open air surrounding the wagon.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation with one wall of the body of the wagon removed to show its interior construction, one of the hind wheels being broken away, and Fig. 2 is a rear view of the body of the wagon with the rear swinging door removed.

Referring to Fig. 1, A A are the wheels; B, the springs upon which the body of the wagon is supported by means of any usual or approved devices.

The interior of the inclosed body of the wagon is divided by partitions into a series of chambers or compartments, of which 0 is intended to receive and contain ice or a suitable refrigerating-mixture, which may be conveniently placed within an opening, which, in this instance, I have represented as being in the deck of the wagon, and may be closed by means of a door, 0.

D D D represent compartments adapted to receive material to be transported. The partitions of these compartments may be perforatcd or formed of slats, or of a grating, so as to facilitate a free circulation of air in the direction indicated by the arrows.

When ice in a lump or in lumps is used it may rest upon the bottom of compartment 0,

the water produced by the thawing of the ice passing through the bottom of the compartments and falling upon the upper inclined face, 0, of the lower compartment, 1); thence down against a ledge or lip, c, and thence down to the drip-compartment E through any suitable conduit, without contact with the c )ntents of saidchamber D.

The compartment F is separated from the compartments D D D by means of a partition, G, (see Fig. 2,) and doors G G whereby,

as will be seen, meat and other material can be removed from either of the innercompartments and conveniently divided, weighed, and otherwise manipulated, as convenience for delivery may indicate, the doors G G being closed during such manipulation, in order to prevent unduechange of temperature within the refrigerating-compartment.

H, Figs. 1 and 2, is a block secured to the body of the wagon, and upon which the operator can cut meat.

I K are chambers for the reception of such articles as do not require to be kept in the cooled air.

L is a roof supported at some distance above the deck J of the wagon-body, and serving, in combination with curtains M M, to protect the deck from the sun, and thus prevent it (the sun) from unduly heating the refrigerating chamber.

N is a railing surrounding the deck between the posts m, which support the roof, thus forming a convenient receptacle for baskets and other packages.

0 is a door hinged by its upper end at the extreme rear of the wagon, and held in place by the sector 0 when swung into the position shown in Fig. 1.

The doors G G" are provided with hinges g, latch g or buttons 9 or all of these devices, as may be desired.

It will of course be understood that the outer walls of the body of the wagon are to be constructed in such manner as shall render them non-conductors of heat as far as practicable.

What I claim is- 1. In a refrigerator-wagon, a supplemental compartment above the refrigerating-compartment, adapted to receive material which it is not desired to refrigerate, substantially as set forth.

2. In a refrigerating Wagon, a compartment in the rear of the wagon adapted to be used for the cutting and trimming of meat, and communicating with the refrigerating compartment by means of an opening and closing door, substantially as set forth.

J. THEODORE GUBNEY.

Witnesses:

R. F. NAYLOR, J. L. NEWTON. 

